[3830] ARRL 10 W3EP SO Mixed HP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: W3EP
Operator(s): W3EP
Station: W3EP

Class: SO Mixed HP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): 27.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:  967   120
  SSB: 1010   120
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Total: 1977   240  Total Score = 1,413,000

Club: 

Comments:

General 10-meter conditions seemed to have deteriorated some from recent weeks
(supported by declining solar flux index), which translated into shorter DX
openings and fewer multipliers at extreme distances. Still, tremendous activity
from Europe and the US sustained QSO rates. Fewer stations and multipliers from
Caribbean,Central America, and Africa than might be expected depressed my
score, at least.

Have no explanation or excuses for low multipliers--missed many common European
entities, for example, and found few from Central American or the Caribbean.

Other propagation notes: no sporadic-E evident, scatter disappointing both in
the evenings and early morning, could not hear any early-morning long-path to
Asia, and backscatter-fills within the US also weak.

My most surprising contact was with B7P on SSB during the European run at 1259
UTC on Sunday. The Chinese contest station was easily 59 when he called me over
the pileup. Amazing. Nudged my Yagi a bit further north expecting to work other
Asians, but nil. Only other Asians were JAs in late afternoon.

Great fun, still have some skills to improve. Only five hours with QSO rates
100+.

K3 / KW  / 5-ele Yagi at 20 meters


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